brave vs tense

brave

verb
  • To encounter with courage and fortitude, to defy, to provoke. 

  • After braving tricks on the high-dive, he braved a jump off the first diving platform. 

adj
  • Strong in the face of fear; courageous. 

  • Making a fine show or display. 

  • Foolish or unwise. 

tense

verb
  • To apply a tense to. 

  • To make tense. 

  • To become tense. 

adj
  • Pulled taut, without any slack. 

  • Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed. 

noun
  • Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists. 

  • The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists. 

  • An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense. 

How often have the words brave and tense occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )